A Library of Curiosities - Part II
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Lot 28
GIBSON, Robert, -1761? The Theory and Practice of Surveying.
Estimate: $200 - $300
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GIBSON, Robert, -1761? The Theory and Practice of Surveying : containing all the instructions requisite for the skillful practice of this art, by Robert Gibson ; illustrated by copper-plates ; newly arranged, improved, and enlarged with useful selections, and a new set of accurate mathematical tables, by James Ryan.
Spine title: Gibson’s Surveying
First Edition.
New York : E. Duyckinck, 1821.
v, 360, 184 pages, with 14 of 15 folded leaves of plates.
Bound in leather, gilt bands at spine, red leather spine label, gilt spine title, speckled edges.
H: 8 1/2 W: 5 1/2 in.
Condition
Fair. Covers rubbed, edges rubbed, corners bumped, some foxing and offsetting throughout. Copy lacks Plate XV.
With bookplate, “John A. Davidson,” at front pastedown endpaper.
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From the Estate of John A. Davidson, Jr. Proceeds to benefit the APL of Lorain County and the Dittrick Museum.
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